What is Siegfried Sassoon's full name?
Siegfried Loraine Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon nickname(s):
Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon date of birth:
September 8, 1886
How old was Siegfried Sassoon when died?
80
Where was Siegfried Sassoon born?
Matfield, Kent, England
When did Siegfried Sassoon die?
September 1, 1967
Where did Siegfried Sassoon die?
Heytesbury, Wiltshire
Why did Siegfried Sassoon die?
Stomach Cancer
Siegfried Sassoon body shape:
Slim
Is Siegfried Sassoon gay or straight?
Bisexual
What religion is Siegfried Sassoon?
Roman Catholic
What is Siegfried Sassoon's ethnicity?
White
What is Siegfried Sassoon nationality?
British
What is Siegfried Sassoon's occupation?
Soldier, Poet, Diarist, Memoirist, Journalist
Siegfried Sassoon claim to fame:
Sherston trilogy
What genre is Siegfried Sassoon's work?
Poetry, Fiction, Biography
Who is Siegfried Sassoon's father?
Alfred Ezra Sassoon
Who is Siegfried Sassoon's mother?
Theresa Thornycroft
Siegfried Sassoon family:
George Sassoon (son) (scientist)
Siegfried Sassoon friends:
E. M. Forster, J. R. Ackerley
Short Biography
Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE, MC (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches, and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a jingoism-fuelled war. Sassoon became a focal point for dissent within the armed forces when he made a lone protest against the continuation of the war in his "Soldier's Declaration" of 1917, culminating in his admission to a military psychiatric hospital; this resulted in his forming a friendship with Wilfred Owen, who was greatly influenced by him. Sassoon later won acclaim for his prose work, notably his three-volume fictionalised autobiography, collectively known as the "Sherston trilogy".